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JOHN F. OHMER AND ELMER HENRY BROENBAUGH, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO OHMEIR. FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TAXIMETER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iPatented Apr. 17, 1917.

Appication filed November 11, 1908. Serial No.` 462,100.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOHN F. Oinunr. and Emilia H. BRIDENBAUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Taximeters; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in taximeters. A taximeter, as is well known, is a form of mechanism used in a public conveyance by means of which passengers are charged according to the distance of travel or the time consumed.

Owing to the fact that the driver has more or less control over the taxinieter, tl ere is much annoyance due to the disputes often arising between the driver and the passenger.

The object of the present invention is to provide means coperatively associated with the taximeter, through and by which the authority of the driver' is materially lessened so that the difiiculty due to the ateresaid disputes is obviated.l

The present invention broadly speaking, relates to means for printing upon a ticket to be given a passenger, and a. record to be retained in the machine, the following data, to-wit: the time the passenger employed the cab or conveyance, and the time said employment is concluded or inished;' the amount of the tariff or fare due Jor suchy period of employment; the date of the issuance of each ticket; the identilication mark by means of which the driver is identiiied with each ticket issued and duplicate record thereof; the consecutive number of each ticket; and the sum or amount due for extra charges, such for example, as baggage, etc. It will not be necessary to go into a detail description of the taximeter independently of the present improvements, as it is well known that suoli device contains various counting wheels which are actuated by clock mechanism up to a certain or definite speed of the cab or conveyance, and after that speed has been exceeded, said counting wheels are operated by mechanism connected directly with the axle of the vehicle.

Freceding a detail description of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figures 1 and l, are elevations of opposite sides of the machine. Fig-2, is a sectional view on the line a a of Fig. 1, the casing being remove l. Fig. 3, is a section similar to Fig. 2, with the parts in different positions. Fig. 1, is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 1, tie casing being removed. 5, is a sectional view on the line Z (l et Fig. 1, the casing being removed. Fig. (i, is a sectional view on the line c c of Fig. 1, the casing being removed.' Fig. 7, is a sectional view on the line c e of Fig. 1, the

asing being removed. Fig. 7, is a view similar to Fig. 7, the parts beingin diierent positions. Fig. 8, is a sectional view on the line f f of Fig. 1a. Fig. 9, is'a sectional view on the line g g of. Fig. 1a. Fig. 10, is a top plan view of the type wheels. Fig. 11,` is a top planview of the impression mechanism. Fig. 12, is a sectional view on the line 7; 7c of Fig. Ll.V Fig. 13, is a top plan view of the tariff-indicating wheels and heir transfer mechanism. Fig. 14, is a top plan view of the supplemental indicating wheels. Fig. 15, is a sectional view en the line am a@ f Fig. 13. Fig. 16, is a sectional view on the line' m m and a n of Figs. 13 and le. Fig. 17, is a longitudinal sectional view of the carbon box on the line o o of Fig. 6. Fig. 18, is a top plan view of the carbon box. Fig. 1.9, is sectional view on Vthe line p p of Fig. 1S. Fig. 20, is a sectional view on theline u u of Fig. 1S. Fig. 21, is a sectional view on the line t t of Fig. 14+.. Fig. 22, is a sectional view on the line s c of 13. Figs. and 9.4-, are views of. the identification key by means ot which the driver is identified with the tickets issued and the records thereof. Fig. 25,

parts in different positions. Fig. 27, is a sectional view on the line a; of Fig. 25. Fig. 28, illustrates a ticket, such as is issued from the machine. Fig. 29, is a detail view of the printing and paper-feeding mechanism.

In the foregoing brief description of the va 1ious illustrations, Figs. 23 to 27 inclusive, illustrate various details and assembled parts of the mechanism through the instrumentality of which, the machine is unlocked, through the identification key.

As before stated, the present invention re-.

lates to various attached devices for printing tickets to be delivered to passengers, and duplicates thereof which constitute a stored record. The ticket so issued, will constitute a receipt in the hands of a passenger for the payment made. The mechanism comprised in the present invention may be applied to any taximeter now in use. lt will be of course understood that the characters on the dials and printing wheels will be inscribed in language peculiar to the country in which the machines are used, for example, in France, the amount paid by the passenger' for the time or mileage consumed will be indicated by centimes and francs; in England, by pennies, shillings, pounds, etc.

Proceeding now to a detail description of the invention, similar parts will be designated by similar reference characters.

Tczm'mczcr mechanism proper.

Figs. 8, 9, 15 and 16. Extending through the side plates 1 and 2 of the taximeter proper, is a shaft 3. At its right hand end,` viewing Fig. 1, this shaft is provided with a disk l having a slotted boss A short shaft 6 journaled in a bearing 7 engages this slotted boss 5, and on the outer end of this short shaft is.mounted a crank 8 provided with an indicator 9 which bears the words Fore hire or Libre. When this indicator 9 is up, the machine is locked and inoperative and the vehicle is not in hire. lVhen the indicator 9 is down, the vehicle is in hire and the machine is unlocked and in an operative condition. The indicator 9 and the shaft 3 are held in their various positions by a spring-controlled pawl 10 en` gaging rollers 21 on the disk 4L. The shaft 3 carries cams 11 and 12 which engage levers 13, 111 and 15 to disengage the ratchet pawls 16, 17 and 18 from their respective ratchets, the levers 137 14C and 15 are shown in this position in Figs. 15 and 16. rlhe pawls 16, 17 and 18 being free from their ratchets, allow the counters of the taximeter, presently again referred to, to be freely returned to zero. The cams 11 and 12 also disengage the retaining pawls 19 and 2O from their respective ratchets.

Mounted upon a short shaft 22 is an indieating centime wheel 23 of the fare counter.

(See Figs. 1, 13, 15 and This shaft is journaled in the side plate 2, and a bracket 24, and is provided with a ratchet 25 which is engaged by the pawl 16 on the .lever 13 for the centime wheel 23. rllhe ratchet is provided with twenty teeth to agree with the twenty indications on the centime wheel 23. Then the cam 11 releases the lever 13, it allows the pawl 16 to come in Contact with the ratchet 25. This movement of the cani 11 also allows lthe end 26 of the lever 13 to come in contact with the cam 27 5 it is this cam 27 that allows the lever 13 to be rocked by the spring' 36a to rotate the ratchet 25 and thereby the centime wheel 23 through the pawl 16, see Fig. 15. The cam 27 is mounted on a shaft 28 journaled in the plates 1 and 2. On the left hand end of said shaft, is provided a ratchet 29 which is engaged by a pawl 30 on a lever 31-see Fig. 8. The ratchet 29 drives the cam 27 which is on the same shaft therewith, to-wit, shaft 28. The lever 31 is pivoted at 32, and on its lower end carries a roller 33 which is engaged by a cam 34 which rocks said lever 31. The cam 34 is on a shaft 35 which is connected to one of the wheels of the vehicle by a flexible shaft (not shown). The iiexible shaft is a well-known feature of the taximeter, the same being employed for transmitting movement from an axle of the vehicle to the counters of the taximeter. The roller 33 is kept in contact with the cani 3l by a spring 36. The pawl 30 is normally held in contact with the ratchet 29 hy the spring 3'? and is disengaged from said ratchet by an arm 38 being engaged by a pin 39 on a disk 110 on the shaft 3. The pin 39 and cam 12 permit the pawls 30, 16, 17 and 18 to be disengaged from their respective ratchets to permit the respective counters and the cam 2T to be reset to normal position. /Vhen the pawl 30 is di. gaged from the ratchet 29, the .machine is inoperative and the indicator 9 is in its upper or exposed position. rlhe centime wheel. is provided with characters 15, 35, 55, and 95, representing French money in denomination known. as centimes, and this series of figures is repeated four times. Upon each one-fourth revolution of this centime wheel, a franc is registered on the unit franc wheel 4:1. This unit franc wheel is rigidly secured to a shaft 4t2 mounted in the side plate 1 and the bracket 24, see Fig. 22. Also rigidly secured to the shaft 112, is a ratchet -13 which is engaged by the pawl 17 on the lever 111 which is for the unit frane wheel L.'l-l. (See Figs. 13, 1G and rlhe lever lf'r .is rigidly secured to a. shaft 114k journaled in the plates 1 and 2. See Figs. 13 and 15. An arm t5 is also rigidly secured to said shaft 44; and is adapted to engage the cam 16 which is .rigidly secured to the ratchet 25 of the centime wheel 23. (See Fig. 15.) The arm 45 engages a cam 46 when the lever 14 is released by the cam 12, and when the end of the arm rides olf the shoulders on the cani 46, the shaft 44 and the lever 14 will be rocked by a spring 49 on lever 14. See Fig. 13. The spring 49 is in the rear of spring 53 shown in Fig. 16. This allows the pawl 17 to rotate the ratchet 43, shaft 42 and the unit franc wheel 41. The unit franc wheel 41 is provided with characters 0 to 9, the series being repeated twice, and upon each half revolution of said wheel, the value of ten francs is transferred to the tens and hundreds franc wheel4 50. This wheel 50 is mounted on a hub 5l and rotates freely on the 'shaft 42. On the hub 51 is a ratchet 52 adapted to be engaged by the pawl 18 on the lever 15. See Figs. 22 and 16. The lever 15 for the tens and hundreds franc wheel is freely mounted on shaft 44 and is actuated to rotate the ratchet 52 of wheel 50 by a spring 53 on saidlever, and is released by the projection 54 on lever 15 entering recesses 55 in the disk 56 which is rigidly attached to the ratchet 43 and has two re cesses 55 to correspond to the half revolution of the unit franc wheel 41. The wheel 50 and ratchet 52 are held in the position to which they arerotated by the pawl 20, see Fig. 16. Then said pawl 20 is released from the ratchet 52, a spring 57 will return said wheel 50 and Asaid ratchet 52 to zero. A stop 58 is provided on the wheel 50 which engages a projection 59 to limit the return movement of said wheel 50 and to hold the same in zero position, see Figs. 1a and 22. The above mechanism indicates the fare to he paid. As illustrated and described, this mechanism is driven from one of the wheels of the vehicle in al well known manner. It will also be understood that said mechanism may be made to operate by clock mechanism or by both as they are both well-known features of the taximeter.

Mounted below the above-described mechanism, is a supplemental counter for indicating the price for extras, such as baggage, etc. 61 is a unit and a fraction of a unit franc wheel. This wheel registers whole francs and half francs and is rigidly secured to a shaft this shaft 6() has bearings in the plates 1 and 2 and is provided with a ratchet 62 adapted to be engaged b v a pawl 63 on a bell crank lever 64. See Fig.

' 16. The lever 64 is pivoted at 65 and receives movementfrom the slotted crank 67 enga-ging a pin 66. The crank 67 is secured to the shaft 68 which has bearings in the plates 1 and 2. The shaft 68 is rocked by a finger-piece 71 'journaled in and extending on the outside of the casing. The inner end ot' the finger-piece 71 has a slot that is engaged by the flat end of the shaft (S8-see Fig. 1a. The-shaft 68 is provided with an arm 691 which engages the pin 7 0aL on the disk tation of said ratchets.

4 when the indicator 9 is up, thereby renden ing the supplemental counter inoperativesee Fig. 9. The unit wheel 61 is provided with twenty characters representing 0 to 9.50 francs. Upon each` revolution of said unitwheel 61 ten francs are registered on the tens and hundreds wheel 69. 72 indicates a disk rigidly secured to the ratchet 62 and containing a notch or depression 73. See Fig. 16. At the side of the disk 72 is a ratchet rigidly secured to the gear 87 and the wheel '69. See Fig. 21. 74 is a pawl pivoted on the bell crank lever 64 and of such a width that it may engage both the disk 72 and the ratchet 70. See Fig. 16. When the end of the pawl 74 comes opposite the notch 73, said end will drop into said notch and into one of the teeth of the ratchet 70, and when the bell crank lever 64 is rocked, ten francs will be registered on the wheel 69. The ratchets 62 and 70 are provided with retaining pawls 78. The pawls 16, 17, 18, 63 and 74 are normally held in contact with their respective ratchets by springs 79, but when the levers carrying said pawls are in their upper position, the pawls are held away from the ratchets by pins 80. See Figs. 15 and 16. To prevent an overthrow of the ratchets 25, 43,4 and 52, pins 81 are provided which force the pawls into the teeth of their respective ratchets, see Figs. 15 and 16, thereby preventing a further ro- The wheel 69 is returned to Zero by a spring 76, and a stop 82 is mounted on said wheel which engages a projection 83 to hold saidv wheel in a Zero position. Fig.- 1a.

lVe have hereinbefore described how the wheels 50 and 69 are returned to Zero by the springs 57 and 76. The other wheels 23, 41 and 61 are returned to Zero by means of heart-shaped cams, which are a well-known expedient in taximeters. Mounted on the ends ot shafts 22, 42 and 60 are the heartshaped cams 88, 89 and 90,-see Figs. 8 and 9. The Cams 8S and 90 are engaged by the lever 91 pivoted at 92 and controlled by spring 93. The cam 89 is engaged b v the lever 94 pivoted at 95 and controlled by spring 96. Then the retaining pawls 19, 20 and 78 release their respective ratchets by means of the cams 11 and 12, the respective levers ofthe heart-shaped cams engage said cams and return the wheels 23, 41 and 61 to Zero. If said wheels have made less than one revolution in counting. they rotate in one direction to zero, but it they make more than a half revolution, they revolve in the lever,l and when the disk 4 is rotated to place the machine in operation, the pin 102 releases the lever 100 thereby allowing the spring 103 to rock said lever and disengage the lever 91 from the cams 88 and 90. The lever 94 has a projection 104 which is engaged by a cam 105 on a disk 40 on shaft 3. See Fig. 8. The lever 94 also has a projection 107 that engages projection 78a of the retaining pa-Wls 78 to free the ratchets 62 and 70, and allow the supplement indicating Wheels 61 and 69 to rotate to zero.' See Figs. 8 and 16.

Printing 'w 71 eels.

Mounted between the plates 142 and 143 is a frame 144 which supports the printing wheels, indicating wheels and their driving gears. See Figs. 1 and 10. At the left hand side of the frame 144 facing the machine, is placed the month printing Wheel 145 andthe day printing Wheel 146. These Wheels are geared to the month and day indicating Wheels 147 and 148 by gears 149, 150 and 151. See Figs. 1 and 12. These indicating and printing Wheels are rotated by means of the telescopic shafts 152 which project through the casing and are provided With finger-knobs 153. See Fig. 1. To the right of the month and day Wheels are the engaging time printing Wheels 154, 155 and 156; said Wheels are geared to the engaging time indicating Wheels 157, 158 and 159 by the gears 160, 161, and 162. See Fig. 10. These Wheels indicate and print the time when the vehicle is engaged, and said wheels are rotated by means of the telescopic shafts 163 which project through the casing and are provided with knobs 164. See Fig. 1. To the right of the engaging time Wheels are the disengaging time printing -Wheels 165. 166 and 167; these Wheels are geared to the disengaging time-indicating Wheels 173 and 174 and 175 by the gears 168, 169 and 170. See Fig. 10. These Wheels indicate and print the time when the vehicle is discharged; the said Wheels are rotated by means of the telescopic shafts 171 which project through the casing and are provided with knobs 172. See Figs. 1, 10 and 12. The engaging time Wheel 156, and the disengaging time Wheel 167, are provided with two series of characters, one series having the letter A and the other having the letter l?. This is to differentiate between the a. m.

and p. m. hours. See Fig. 10. All of the printing and indicating Wheels are held in Valinement by spring-controlled pawls 47 enwheels 177; see Fig. 6. It is operated through the shaft 178 by the printing or impression mechanism hereinafter more fully described. To the right of said consecutive counter are placed the fare printing Wheels 179, 180 and 181 which are geared to the telescopic shafts 182 by gears 183, 184 and 185, and rotate concurrently with the fareindicating Wheels 23, 41 and 50 of the taximeter proper. See Figs. 10 and 13. The indicating Wheels 23, 41 and 50 of the taximeter are provided with gears 85 and are geared to telescopic shafts 182 by gears 86. It ivi-ll thus be seen that the printing Wheels 179, 180, and 181 will rotate concu-rrently with the indicating Wheels 23, 41 and 50. T o the right of the fare-printing Wheels are the supplement printing Wheels 186 and 187 which print the costl of carrying baggage or supplements. See Fig. 10. These Wheels are mounted telescopically and are geared to the telescopic shafts 188 by means of gears 189 and 190. See Fig. 5.- The printing Wheels 186 and 1 87 rotate concurrently With the supplement-indicating Wheels 61 and 69 of the taximeter proper. The indicating Wheels 61 and 69 of the ta-Ximeter are provided With gears 87 Which are geared to the telescopic shafts188 by gears 88a. See Figs. Sand 14. It will thus be seen vthat the taximeter indicating Wheels 6-1 and 69 will rotate concurrently with the printing Wheels 186 and 187.

Mounted on the bottom of the frame 144 is a -type plate 191; see Figs. 4, 5 and 6;v this type plate prints on the ticket, such as the name of the company operating the inachine, the -title of the different indications, and the number of the machine, etc. In this case, the number of the machine is 125. See Fig. 28.

Printing' mechanism.

Mounted below the printing Wheels above described, is a platen 192 supported on a standard 193, said standard projecting from a cross-piece 194. See Figs. 1 and 6. This platen is held in a horizontal position by projections 195 thereon engaging the shaft of the upper feed roller 128, (see Fig. 11) and the guides 196 on the side plates 142 and 143, together With the bifurcated ends 197 of the cross-piece 194 straddling the shaft 198. 4See Figs. 1, 6, 11 and 17. The platen 192 is given ascending movement to print, by the cams 199 on the shaft 198 engagifng rollers 19-9a, said shaft being rotated through gear 200 from gear 201. lSee Figs. 2 and 29. This gear 201 is mounted on a stud 202 and is provided with a ratchet 203; the stud is mounted on the plate 142, and in addition to the gear 201 and the ratchet 203, it carries a gear 204, ratchet 205 and a plate 206, said plate having a slotted boss 207 thereon. The gear 204 and roo ` attached to the casing.

the ratchet 205 are part of the paper-feeding devices and will be hereinafter described. See Fig. 29. The boss 207 is engaged by a short shaft 208 mounted in a bearing 209 See 1. 0n the other end of this shaft is a crank arm 210 lay which the plate 206 is rocked to take a print or impression and to feed the paper. The plate 206 carries two spring-controlled pawls 211 and 212, the pawl 211 engages the r; fiet 203, and when the plate 206 is rocked, the gear 201 is rotated one-third of a revolution, thereby giving the gear 200 and the shaft 198 one complete revolution, the gears having a three to one ratio. See Figs. 2 and 3. @n the return movement of the plate 206, the pawl 212 engages the ratchet 205, thereby giving the gear 204 a third of a revolution to feed the paper in a manner hereinafter more fully described. The gears 201 and 204 rotate in opposite directions and their ratchets 203 and 205 are }l rovided with retaining pawls 213 and 214. mounted on a plate 215. See Figs. 2 and 3.

The outer edge of the plate 206 has notches 216 which are engaged by a pawl 21.8 controlled by an arm 217. See F 2. r1`his is a well-known full stroke mechanism employed to prevent a short stroke being given the crank arm 210. @n one end of the shaft 198 is a one-tooth gear 219 which is in mesh with a Swiss gear 220. See 7. @ne complete revolution of the gear 219 imparts one-tenth of a revolution to the gear 220; the gear 220 is connected to a disk 221 mounted on the consecutive counter-printing shaft 178 by a pitman 222 which has a slot 223 straddling a pin on plate 143. lt will. seen that upon each tenth of a revolution of the Swiss gear 220, one-tenth of a revolution will be imparted to the consecutive counter-operating shaft 178, and one unit will be registered on the consecutive counter. See Figs. 7 and 7a.

@arbo/a popa/i 710m, (Figs. 1 and 6.)

Below the platen 192 is a carbon box 225 slidingly mounted on a plate 226, to permit said bei; to be removed through the door 109 in the back of the casing. The plate. 226 is provided with pins 227 which project tirough bosses on the cross arm 194. The carbon boX is normally carried by the platen, but certain amount of free movement allowed it to provide for the feedin of the carbon paper therefrom. T le carbon paper 301 is wound on a spool 228 mounted on a stud 229 in said box, and said stud is slotted to provide a certain amount of friction between the spool and the stud to prevent the carbon paper from overrunning. See 17. 18 and' 19. The carbon paper 301 after leaving the spool passes upwardly and between plates 230 and 231 mounted on a side of the carbon boX, and provided with openings 232 which permit the type on the printwheels to come in co-ntact with the platen, see Fig. 6.

rlhe thicknesses of the plates 230 and 231 are exaggerated somewhat in the drawings, in order to more clearly illustrate said plates. The carbon paper passes downwardly from said plates and between feed rollers and See Fig. 17. The shaft 235 of the feed roller 234 is provided with a ratchet 236 engaged by a spring-controlled pawl 237 mounted on the spring-controlled lever 238 pivoted at 243 and engaged by the bracket 239 attached to the standard 193. See Fig. 1. Vlhen the platen ascends, it engages the plates 230 and 231, thereby carrying the carbon box upwardly, but said platen ascends a certain distance before engaging said plates 230 and 231; this free movement of the platen allows the bracket 239 to release the lever 238, and said lever being under the iniuence of the spring 240, the pawl 237 will rotate the ratchet 236 to feed the carbon paper 301. This feeding movement of the carbon paper occurs at the taking of each print or impression from the printing wheels. The downward movement of the carbon boX is arrested by the pins 227 engaging the brackets 241. See Fig. 1. The end of the shaft 235 opposite the ratchet 236 is provided with a linger-piece 242 by means of which the carbon paper-feeding rollers 233 and 234 may be rotated by hand. See Figs. 4 and 18. -Vhen the carbon paper 301 is wound upon the spool 228, it is separated by a continuous ribben of thin paper 300, which prevents the carbon substance rubbing oif onto the back of the carbon paper 301. See Fig. 17. The paper 300 is wound around a cylinder 244 mounted upon a stud 245. Mounted between the stud 245 and cylinder 244, is a slotted shaft 246 which carries a gear 247 meshing` with a gear 248 which is rotated from the spool 228 by a pin 249. See Figs. 17 and 20.

1t will be seen from Figs. 17, 19 and 20, that when the carbon paper 301 is unwound from the spool 228, the separating paper 300 will wind upon the cylinder 244. The shaft 246 being slotted, provides a frictional contact between the cylinder 244 and said shaft, whereby the varying feeding movement due to the decreasing size of carbon roll and the decreasing size of the separating` paper 300 is taken care of.

I @icing devices.

Figs. 4 and 5. The shape of the cam 199 allows the shaft 198 to rotate about onefourth of a revolution before the platen 192 begins to ascend. During this dwell, the inking mechanism is actuated; this mechanism is as follows: Mounted on the inner side of the plate 143, is an arm 110, and on the outside of the plate 142 is an arm 111,

both of which arms are attached to a shaft 112 mounted in the plates 142 and 143. These arms are normally held in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, by a spring 113n and are retained by a stop 114. The upper ends of said arms carry spring-controlled levers 113 which carry the inking roller 115. A guard 116 is mounted below the inking roller to prevent said inking roller from soiling the paper strip 126 upon which the tickets are printed. The outer arm 111 has a projection 117 which is adapted to be engaged by a projection 118 on the shaft 198. See Figs. 2 and 3.

As before stated, the gear 201 is rotated by the crank arm 210 during the lirst or downward movement of said crank arm, and during its initial movement, the arms 110 and 111 will be rocked from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3.

This movement carries the inking roller 115 under the type plate 191 and the printing wheels thereby inking the same. lllhen the projection 117 is released by the projection 118, the spring 113a moves the inking roller back to its normal position. The arm 111 being on the outside of the plate 142, and the inking roller being on the inside of said plate, aslot 141 is provided in said plate to permit the shaft 119 of the inking roller to project through said plate and connect with said arm.

Paper-feeding mechanism.

Mounted in the lower portion of the machine between the plates 142 and 143 and in the rear of said machine, is a papercarrying frame consisting of side plates 120 and 121 and tie bars 122; said frame is pivoted at 123 123 to said side plates. See Figs.4, 5, 6 and 11. A rod 124 is mounted loosely in the plates 120 and 121 and sup* ports the roll of paper 125 from which the tickets and records are obtained. A spring controlled friction piece presses against the roll of paper and prevents the same from overrunning. The roll of paper is wound double as shown in Fig. 6, the outer and upper web 126 furnishing the printed ticket see F ig. 28, and the inner and under web 127 furnishing the carbon copy. rEhe web 126 passes over the plate 230, and the web 127 passes under the plate 231 and o ier the platen 192. The carbon paper 301 lies between the two webs of paper', and both webs pass through feed rollers 128 and 129; web 126 passing out of the machine through an opening formed by a plate 130 having a knife edge 131, and the upper portion of the door 132, and the web 127 furnishing` the carbon copy, passing into the compartment 133 formed by the jlate 134 and the door 132. The lower feed roll 129 is the actuating roll and is journaled in the plates 142 and 143, and is provided with a gear 48 which meshes with a gear 204 before referred to. See Fig. 2. lhen the plate 20G is on its return movement, the pawl 212 will engage the ratchet 205, thereby rotating the gears 204 and 48 and said feed roller 129 to feed the paper.

The upper` roll 128 is journaled in the arms 135 and 136 on the outside of the plates 142 and 143, said arms being attached to a shaft 137 journaled in the plates 142 and 143. An arm 138 is mounted in the center of the shaftand is provided with a spring which holds the two rollers 128 and 129 in contact. In order to separate said rollers to allow the insertion of the webs 126 and 127, an arm 139 is pivoted to the plate 142, and said arm carries a pin 140 which engages the arm 135 when it is desired to separate the feed rollers; the lower end of the arm 139 is ele\'fated, the pressure of the pin 140 against the arm 135 will then rock the shaft 137 and thereby elevate the upper feed roller allowing the insertion of the webs of paper.

Locking cleoces.

rThis locking mechanism compels the lriver of the cab or conveyance to perform certain operations, none of which can be performed in advance of the other. See Figs. 2, 3, 7, 23 and 27. First, a key termed an identification key must be inserted and given a quarter turn; second, the indicator 9 hereinbefore referred to must be lowered; third, the printing mechanism must be operated; and fourth, the said indicator must be returned to its upper position before a second ticket can be issued.

Mounted on the side plate 142 is a housing 250 which carries a cylinder 251 having a sl ot in which the drivers identification key is inserted and afterward given a quarter turn to unlock the machine. See Fig. 2. The inner end o-f this key is provided with type which engage the webs of paper, when said key is in a vertical position with the type downward. See Figs. 26 and 26a. The cylinder 251 has another slot 253 in which the end of the lever 254 rests, and when said cylinder is rotated by the key 252, said key will engage the end of said lever and will rock the shaft upon which said lever is mountcd,-see Figs. 2, 3, 26 and 26a. The shaft is mounted in the plates 142 and 143, and on its right hand end it carries an arm 256. See Fig. '7. lflfhen the key 252 is in a` horizontal position, the lower end of this arm rests in a notch 257 of a dial or disk 258, and the machine is locked as the disk is carried on one end of the main setting shaft A spring 273 holds the end of the arm in the notch 257. See Fig. lli/*hen the key 252 is rotated a quarter turn,

the machine is unlocked and the indicator 9 may be lowered thereby placing the machine in an operative condition.

The object of the above-described mechanism is to prevent the driver starting the machine without inserting his key.

Normally resting in the notch 257 of the disk 258 is the end 259 of a lever 260 controlled by a spring 2611 and fulcrnmed at 261; the lower end 262 of said lever rests in a notch in a dial or dis r 63, see Figs. 7 and 7 a. The disk 263 is mounted upon the end of the printing shaft 198. ldlhen the indicator 9 is up, the printing mechanism will be locked, and when said indicator is down, said printing mechanism is unlocked. The object of the above mechanism is to prevent the issuing of a ticket without first placing the machine in an operative position by raising the indicator 9 to show that the machine is in such condition. To prevent the placing of the machine in an inoperative condition before the issuing of a ticket, the following mechanism is provided.

Also mounted on the pivot 261 is a lever 265, the upper end 266 of which is adapted to engage a shoulder 267 of the disk 258 when the indicator 9 is lowered. See Fig. 7. The indicator 9 cannot be returned to its upper position unless the end 266 of said lever is disengaged from the shoulder 267. This is accomplished by rocking the lever 265 during the operation of the printing mechanism. Mounted on the lower end of said lever 265 is a spring-controlled pawl 268, adapted to be engaged by a pin 269 on the disk 268 when the shaft 198 is rotated. See Figs. 7 and 7 a. When the end 266 of the lever 265 is against the shoulder 267, the pawl 268 lies in the path of the pin 269, and upon the actuation of the printing mechanism, said pin will engage the pawl 268 with the lever 265, disengage the end 266 of the lever 265 from the shoulder 267, and permit the indicator 9 to be raised, thereby placing the machine in an inoperative condition.

Means are also provided to prevent the withdrawal of the key 252 before the indicator 9 is returned to its upper position. The said key is provided with a recess 270 in which the shoulder 271 of the housing 250 projects when the key is rotated. See Figs. 3 and 27. To allow the insertion of the key, this shoulder 271 is out away as at 272. See Figs. 2 and 3. This construction of the housing compels the key to be in a horizontal position when it is inserted or withdrawn.

274 is a spring-controlled pawl pivoted at 275 to the housing 250 and said pawl has an extension 276 thereon which engages the end 277 of the lever 2511. See Figs. 1, 26 and 26e. Vhen the key 252 is in a horizontal position, the end 277 lies in a recess 278 of said pawl and thereby prevents the lever 254 from being rocked, and consequently the machine is locked. The end 277 is released from the recess 278 by the key engaging a projection 279, which engagement rocks said pawl 27d to the position shown in Fig. 26. The pawl is held in this position b y the end 277 engaging the extension 27 6, and when in said position, a projection 280 on said pawl 27-il lies opposite the opening 272, and as a consequence, the key 252 cannot bc rotated to its normal position to be witlnhawn (See Fig. 2.)

To allow the projection 280 to recede to its normal position and permit the removal of the key, it is necessary that the indicator 9 be raised to its full extent to allow the end of the arm 256 to drop into the recess 257, thereby allowing the lever 254 to be rocked by the Spring 273, and to permit the end 277 of the lever 25d to drop in the recess 278 of the pawl 274. (See Fig. 26a.)

To limit the unlocking movement of the key 252 and to keep it in a printing position, a pawl 281 is provided which is pivoted at 282 and is under the influence of a spring 283. This pawl engages the key at the end of the quarter turn of said key and thus acts as a stop for said key. See Figs. 25 and 25D. The keys 252 are not interchangeable, that is-the key of one machine cannot unlock the machines of another company; this is due to a difference in the constructions of the keys, for example, the key is provided with recesses or wards 284 which engage projections 285 on the housing 250. The positions of these projections and recesses may be changed in different machines to prevent the key of one machine unlocking another machine. See Figs. 23 and 27.

Mode of operation.

When the driver takes charge of the cab or vehicle. he places a key 252 bearing his identification in type in the machine and gives it a quarter turn. lVhen the key is thus turned, it engages the end of the lever 25st.; this rocks the shaft 255 and disengages the lever 256 from the disk 258. See Figs. 2 and 7. This operation places the machine in an operative condition and the indicator 9 may then be lowered to indicate such condition. See Fig. 1a. 1When the disengagement between the shaft 255 and the arm 256 takes place, the main setting shaft 3 is free to be rocked. When the driver so inserts his identification key, he rotates his printing wheels 147 and 1/-1-8 by means of the knobs 153 to set the date. See Figs. 1 and 10. When a passenger wishes to hire the Jab or vehicle, the driver sets the engaging time wheels 157, 158 and 159 by means of the knobs 153. Tt will be borne in mind that the wheels 157, 158 and 159 are printing wheels. The driver then rocks the main setting shaft 3 by lowering the indicator 9; his places the taximeter counters 23, 111, 50, 61 and G9 in an operative condition, the cams 11 and 12 on shaft 3 releasing the levers 13, 14 and 15 and the retaining pawls 19 and 20. See Figs. 15 and 16. At the same time, that is when the passenger engages the vehicle, the driver sets the supplement indicating wheels 61 and 69 by rocking the `linger-piece 71. See Fig. 1, rlhe setting of the wheels G1 and G9 also sets the supplement printing wheels 186 and 187 through the gears 189 and 190, telescopic shafts 188 and gears 87 and 8811. See Figs. 1, 5 and la. 1t the cab or vehicle stands or is not driven at a full speed, the taXimeter counting wheels 23, il and 50 are driven by clock mechanism (not shown). It said vehicle is driven at a high speed, the said wheels are driven from one ot the vehicle wheels as hereinbefore stated. The rotation of the wheels 23, t1 and 50 correspondingly rotates the printing wheels 179, 180 and 181 through the gears 183, 184iand 185, telescopic shafts 182 and gears 88. lVhen the passenger leaves the cab er vehicle, the driver sets the disengaging time wheels 165, 166 and 167 by means of the tinger knobs 172; see Figs. 1 and 10; he then rocks the crank arm 219, during the downward movement of which, the type on the printing wheels, the identification key, and the printing plate are inked, the carbon paper-feeding devices are actuated and an impression or print is taken, 'furnishing atieket and a record thereof, the tick-et to be given the passenger as a receipt for the fare paid. During the upward movement of said crank arm 210, the paper-feeding devices are actuated to issue said ticlets through the opening in the iliront of the casing, where it is severed and is handed to the passenger. The driver then raises the indicator 9 and places the machine in an inoperative pon sition, and permits the indicating and printing wheels to be returned to Zero by the springs 57 and 76, the heart-shaped cams 88, 89 and 90, and the levers 91 and 9d. The ma chine is then in a condition to be set for lthe next passenger.

ilVithout limiting ourselves to the precise arrangement shown and described, which may be varied within the scope of the claims, we claim:

1. A fare-printing device, means for actuating the same, impression mechanism cooperating with said fare-printing device, separately operated means 'for actuating said impression mechanism, and setting mechanism controlling the operative relation between said fare-printing device and its actuating mechanism, and also controlling said impression mechanism actuating devices.

2. A fare-printing device, means for actuating the same, impression mechanism cooperating with said fare-printing device, separately operated means for actuating said impression mechanism, setting mechanism controlling the operative relation between said fare-printing device and its actuating mechanism actuating devices, and also controlling said impression mechanism, and means controlling said setting mechanism.

3. A fare-printing device, means for actuating the same, impression mechanism cooperating with said 'fare-printing device, separately operated means for actuating said impression mechanism, setting mechanism controlling' the operative relation between said fare-ininting device and its actuating mechanism and also controlling said impression mechanism actuating devices, and locking means controlling said setting mechanism.

4t. it. tare-printing device, means for actuating the same, impression mechanism cooperating with said fare-printing device, separately operated means for actuating said impression mechanism, setting mechanism controlling the operative relation betwee the tare-printing device and its actuating mechanism and also controlling' said impression mechanism actuating devices, and a printing member controlling said setting mechanism and in operative relation with said impression mechanism.

5. A. visible indicating and printing device, means for actuating the same, setting means controlling the operative relation between said visible indicating and printing device, and its actuating means, a. printing member controlling said setting means, means for taking a print from said printing device and said printing member, said separately operated means being controlled by the setting means. Y

v6. A visible indicating and printing device, means for actuating the same, setting means controlling the operative relation between said visible indicating and printing device, and its actuating means, a printing lrey controlling said setting means, separately operated means for taking a print from said printing device and said key, said separately operated means being controlled by the setting means.

7. 11 fare registering device, separately oper ted printing means for taking a print from said device, means for actuating said.

registering device, setting means controlling said separately operated printing means and the operative relation between the registering device and the actuating device, and means controlling said setting means.

8. A fare registering device, separately operated printing means for taking a print from said levice, means for actuating said registering device, setting means controlling said printing means and the operative relation between the registering device and the 

